[web2py] Google App Engine Launcher and Deployment

Just a first time play with this. (Environment: Python 25, current Web2Py nightly source {copied to the Python25 root} and fresh copy of the Google App Engine Launcher) App is working fine from a command line python25 call When run from the Launcher -> Browse, is fine with a static page, but when

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:05:56 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > I will. Does it mean the code won't be any longer under hg so those who prefer hg over git would have to use hg-git? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > The community should write such road map and work to achieve it. Anyone senior inspired to work on that? > - finish the web2py recipes book Is this going to be printed as well? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, c

[web2py] DIV Helper and Include

How to make {{include}} to work in DIV Helper I have next situation {{=DIV(DIV('some code',_id='code'),include,_id='content')}}

[web2py] Re: serving a zip file

Yes, the downloaded file is corrupted with IE8 but not with chrome. When I compare the files with a hex editor, they both begin and end the same, however, the last byte of the original file is at 6EA11, whereas the last byte of the downloaded file is at 6D7311. So it appears that it is losing a fe

[web2py] Re: DIV Helper and Include

{{=HTML(HEAD(),BODY(DIV(DIV('Header',_id='header'),DIV(include,_id='content'),DIV('Footer',_id='footer'),_id='site')),doctype='html5', lang='sr')}} This was my idea to create template with HTML helpers On Oct 15, 11:42 am, miroslavgojic wrote: > How to make {{include}} to work in DIV Helper >

[web2py] Re: DAL level access to GAE entities by named key

It would be great if (when the code is fully tested) some full example code for getting this working was posted / made available. It would be a much welcome addition to the greatly improved (and ongoing :) documentation done on web2py over the last year. cjm On Oct 12, 6:03 pm, howesc wrote: > i

[web2py] web2py on GAE and supplementary package usage

i'm new in deploying applications on the GAE using the web2py. I wanted to ask what is the procedure to make available external libraries for python controllers in web2py on platforms - GAE and also on external server where i would like to host a website.

[web2py] GAE and (smart) grid

Running into the problem that GAE doesn't like the use of OR, embedded in the use of dbset.select(left... on line 1640 in the SQLFORM.grid definition. I assume it is because of the restriction to no joins on GAE. For my purposes, i just set searchable=False as a parameter and that fixed my prob

Re: [web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

About the cms, I am actually working on a general, full featured CMS for my own company. just out of curiosity, anyone attracted to my blog system? If community like it, I'd open it's source and start develop it as a standard CMS for web2py. And if not, What is a standard

Re: [web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Farsheed Ashouri < farsheed.asho...@gmail.com> wrote: > About the cms, I am actually working on a general, full featured CMS for my > own company. just out of curiosity, anyone attracted to my blog > system? > If community like it, I'd o

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:36:18 +0330 Farsheed Ashouri wrote: > About the cms, I am actually working on a general, full featured CMS > for my own company. just out of curiosity, anyone attracted to my blog > system? It's nice. > What is a standard cms definition? E.g. C

[web2py] web3py (was Re: criticism of web2py)

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:28:24 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > There will be a web3py that runs on python 3 but it will not be just a > port of web2py because we will take the occasion for a major overhaul. I hope some of the principles on which web2py is built will stay intact? Sincerely

[web2py] db modeling question regarding DAL, SQLFORM and nested items

Hi there, I saw on stackoverflow that you prefer questions here :) I need to display a form for a nested table structure. This means that a record of a table might have a reference to another record of that table. I have no idea how to model something like this using DAL and SQLFORM. I guess it

[web2py] Re: db modeling question regarding DAL, SQLFORM and nested items

You can do self references -- see http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Self-Reference-and-Aliases. You would need to do Field('div', 'reference div'). On Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:05:05 AM UTC-4, Erwin Pass wrote: > > Hi there, > > I saw on stackoverflow that you prefer questions here :

Re: [web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

We've already got a good start with Powerpack and Instant Press -- it may make sense to collaborate/build on those. On Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:06:18 AM UTC-4, Farsheed Ashouri wrote: > > About the cms, I am actually working on a general, full featured CMS for my > own company. just out of c

[web2py] Powerpack & Instant Press (was Re: criticism of web2py)

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:57:54 -0700 (PDT) Anthony wrote: > We've already got a good start with Powerpack and Instant Press -- it > may make sense to collaborate/build on those. I agree...It would be nice to have more people work on it. Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions o

[web2py] mercurial - cmdutil.addremove undefined error

Hi, sorry it's my first time really posting here. I'm not even sure if I'm posting this correctly, basically i'd like to reply to this post: http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/cd98e22e0461ce13 basically i'm on mac os lion with python 2.7 and mercurial 1.9.3. it cannot fi

[web2py] crud update problem with 1.99.2?

This problem appeared when I moved my application from x to 1.99.2. I use crud.update to display and modify a member directory record. Selecting and displaying the record works, but when submitting an updated record I get a failure: TRACEBACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Traceback (

[web2py] Re: plugin_wiki crud and auth

You can set permissions for a table that do not exist. Use 'tablename' instead of db.tablename. If unsure, post your model. On Oct 14, 9:26 pm, pinwc4 wrote: > Thank you for such a quick response. > > I attempted to do just this from within my model file but got the > error KeyError: 'plugin_wiki

[web2py] Re: web2py powweb

mod_python is deprecated. Do they have mod_wsgi? On Oct 15, 12:26 am, José Luna Venezuela wrote: > Hi I'm traying tu run web2py inwww.powweb.comhosting they say the > can run python 2.5 and I found a forum message that says web2py should > run. (http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?t=85385) > I

[web2py] Re: Google App Engine Launcher and Deployment

could be a bug in toolbar. I never tried it in GAE. Open a ticket and will fix it asap. On Oct 15, 2:05 am, Simon Ashley wrote: > Just a first time play with this. >   (Environment: Python 25, current Web2Py nightly source {copied to > the Python25 root} and fresh copy of the Google App Engine L

[web2py] Re: serving a zip file

Why response.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/octet-stream" shouldn't it be response.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/zip" I am not sure this causes the problem but it may be, if IE thinks the data is ascii and not binary. On Oct 15, 4:46 am, peter wrote: > Yes, the downloaded file i

[web2py] Re: DIV Helper and Include

Not possible. On Oct 15, 6:05 am, miroslavgojic wrote: > {{=HTML(HEAD(),BODY(DIV(DIV('Header',_id='header'),DIV(include,_id='content > '),DIV('Footer',_id='footer'),_id='site')),doctype='html5', > lang='sr')}} > > This was my idea to create template with HTML helpers > > On Oct 15, 11:42 am, mir

[web2py] adding fields to auth.define_tables

In auth.define_tables - theres an argument to have a username in the table. Which is nice to have. Is there an easy way to use the default auth.define_tables but add a couple of extra fields like "favorite_color" and "what_is_your_quest"? Thanks

[web2py] Re: adding fields to auth.define_tables

Yes, see http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/08#Customizing-Auth. There are two methods -- using auth.settings.extra_fields (if you just want to add a few extra fields to the end of the table definition) or creating your own custom auth_user table definition (if you need more thorough cu

[web2py] Re: GAE and (smart) grid

You are right. GAE does not support OR except in some simple cases (OR that can be rewritten as operator IN). There should be code that limits the type of allowed query on GAE with datastore. Please open ticket and I will fix this asap. Massimo On Oct 15, 7:47 am, Casey Schroeder wrote: > Runni

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py powweb

Sry but I don't know how to check if they have mod_wsgi. They just say that can run pyhton 2.5 scrip and that they should better be put into a folder named *cgi-bin*. this the info they give about python: How Python works at PowWebPowWeb's PowerPack allows you to write scripts using Python. To ens

[web2py] Re: serving a zip file

This is the code I used, as above def downloady(): import os import contenttype as c path="somepath/album.zip" response.headers['Content-Type'] = c.contenttype(path) response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=album.zip'# to force download as attachment

Re: [web2py] Re: DIV Helper and Include

Thanks I was play wit that that half day ... - - Miroslav Gojic - - On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 16:54, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Not possible. > > On Oct 15, 6:05 am, miroslavgojic wrote: >> {{=HTML(HEAD(),BODY(DIV(DIV('Header',_id='header'),DIV(include,_id='content >> '),DIV('Footer',_id='fo

[web2py] Re: DAL level access to GAE entities by named key

I finally got back to this. using web2py trunk there was a minor modification to dal.py in the attached patch to make the following example work: db.define_table('funtest', Field('name', length=128)) def create_one(): id = request.args[0] from google.appengine.ext import

[web2py] Re: DAL level access to GAE entities by named key

groups wouldn't let me attache a file. here's the text: diff -r 57544ce34efe gluon/dal.py --- a/gluon/dal.py Wed Oct 12 21:53:13 2011 -0500 +++ b/gluon/dal.py Sat Oct 15 08:54:00 2011 -0700 @@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@ (items, tablename, fields) = self.select_raw(query,fields,attribu

[web2py] Re: db modeling question regarding DAL, SQLFORM and nested items

Hi Erwin, for the second part you could use a list:reference field. For presentation purposes you can adapt what was said in http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/b8f9518487df1b9b On Oct 15, 9:05 am, Erwin Pass wrote: > Hi there, > > I saw on stackoverflow that you prefer questions here :)

[web2py] Re: DIV Helper and Include

The problem is that {{include}} {{extend}} and {{block}} are not python keywords and they are reseolved before python is executed, therefore they cannot be included in Python. This can be changed in the future. You may want to open a ticket suggesting an improvement. Yet It would not be easy. On O

[web2py] Re: DAL level access to GAE entities by named key

pushing to trunk On Oct 15, 11:01 am, howesc wrote: > groups wouldn't let me attache a file.  here's the text: > > diff -r 57544ce34efe gluon/dal.py > --- a/gluon/dal.py      Wed Oct 12 21:53:13 2011 -0500 > +++ b/gluon/dal.py      Sat Oct 15 08:54:00 2011 -0700 > @@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@ >        

[web2py] Re: Failed to import a module that named with 'plugin_' prefix in application/modules directory.

I believe you need to use a sub-folder in modules, e.g. (untested) modules/plugins_name/.py from plugins. import YourClass

[web2py] Re: adding fields to auth.define_tables

Thanks - you wouldn't believe how many google searches I did - now I find out its in the same book I'm looking at. On Oct 15, 10:57 am, Anthony wrote: > Yes, seehttp://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/08#Customizing-Auth. > There are two methods -- using auth.settings.extra_fields (if you just

[web2py] Re: Failed to import a module that named with 'plugin_' prefix in application/modules directory.

correct every folder/subfolder must have an empty __init__.py On Oct 15, 11:48 am, villas wrote: > I believe you need to use a sub-folder in modules,  e.g. (untested) > > modules/plugins_name/.py > > from plugins. import YourClass

[web2py] Re: adding fields to auth.define_tables

extra_fields has been around a little while, but I think it was only recently added to the book (i.e., the recent 3.1 edition). On Saturday, October 15, 2011 1:11:50 PM UTC-4, Lucidguppy wrote: > > Thanks - you wouldn't believe how many google searches I did - now I > find out its in the same bo

[web2py] Re: plugin_wiki crud and auth

That is exactly what I needed to know. I did not realize I could reference the tables in that manner when setting the permissions. It works for me now. Thanks your help is greatly appreciated. On Oct 15, 9:45 am, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > You can set permissions for a table that do not exist

[web2py] Re: plugin_wiki crud and auth

In fact you can also set permissions for "tablename"s which are not tables at all but just name you give to an object. On Oct 15, 2:27 pm, pinwc4 wrote: > That is exactly what I needed to know.  I did not realize I could > reference the tables in that manner when setting the permissions. > > It w

[web2py] Re: web2py on GAE and supplementary package usage

for libraries that GAE does not provide, put them in a site-packages folder just inside the web2py folder. They will then be on your path. it is up to the user to ensure that the libraries that you include follow the GAE rules.

[web2py] Custom Form Action empty

in controller I have next line for form form = crud.create(db.name,next=URL('index'),message=T("some text")) in view I have {{=form.custom.begin}} {{=DIV(DIV('Name:', _id='two'),DIV(form.custom.widget.fieldname,_id='three'),DIV(form.custom.submit,_id='for'),_id='one')}} {{=form.cust

[web2py] Re: Custom Form Action empty

After defining the form, try: form['_action'] = your_value # e.g., URL('controller', 'function', ...) You can also do form.update(_action=your_value) or form.attributes.update(_action=your_value). Basically, form is a helper object, _action is an attribute of the helper, and helpers behave li

[web2py] Re: Google App Engine Launcher and Deployment

Thanks. Issue 474. On Oct 16, 12:47 am, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > could be a bug in toolbar.  I never tried it in GAE. Open a ticket and > will fix it asap. > > On Oct 15, 2:05 am, Simon Ashley wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just a first time play with this. > >   (Environment: Python 25, current Web

[web2py] Re: plugin_wiki crud and auth

That makes sense now and will be very useful in some cases. I should have just read the source code instead of pestering people as it is very obvious now that I looked at it. I just assumed that it would be too complicated for a beginner like me to understand. But that is the beauty I see with P

[web2py] Re: web2py on GAE and supplementary package usage

I used the local_import function after copy-pasting the module directory into the [application-name]/packages/ folder but even then i get an error. Please help On Oct 15, 4:57 pm, Minocha wrote: > i'm new in deploying applications on the GAE using the web2py. > I wanted to ask what is the procedu

[web2py] metraschedule metra.pickle file

Hi Massimo, Do you or we have the / a metra.pickle file around for metraschedule? It is not included with the Metraschedule app. I think it used to be under examples/static/metra.pickle. The app looks for it in tests/metra.pickle Thanks, Christopher Steel Voice of Access

[web2py] Re: metraschedule metra.pickle file

If it is not in http://web2py.com/MetraSchedule/static/web2py.app.metraschedule.w2p then I do not have it. On Oct 15, 9:43 pm, Chris Steel wrote: > Hi Massimo, > > Do you or we have the / a metra.pickle file around for metraschedule? > It is not included with the Metraschedule app. I think it us

[web2py] Re: web2py on GAE and supplementary package usage

You should not use local_import. It is deprecated and anyway not designed for this. Just put the packages in site-packages, and use normal import. site- packages is in sys.path. On Oct 15, 8:54 pm, Minocha wrote: > I used the local_import function after copy-pasting the module > directory into t

[web2py] Debugging with uWSGI

I want to get dubugging setup, and the main options I see are using winpdb, pydev, or wingide. But all the examples I see are to debug the web2py.py app when it is run and the debugger grabs the process. But I am using the cherokee webserver with uWSGI, so how would U use it in this way? I want it